Kevin Paul Weber, 40, of Salem, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 6, 2000.
His funeral will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Salem Heights Church.
Mr. Weber was born July 11, 1960, at Baker City to Monona and Rudolph Weber.
After the death of his mother when he was 8, he made his home with his aunt and uncle, Boyd and Margaret Brown, and his cousins who became surrogate brothers and sister to him. He grew up on the Boyd Brown Ranch. He was a 1979 Baker High School graduate.
He married Mary Lee of Baker City on July 7, 1984. They moved to Tualatin where they lived for a number of years. They had two children, Sarah and Jared.
During his life, Mr. Weber was a diesel engine mechanic, a distributor for Mac Tool Co. and later a builder and developer. In 1996, he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. In 1997, the family moved to Salem and took up residence in a house Mr. Weber built.
He enjoyed motorcycle cross-country endurance racing and was a member of the Salem Heights Church.
He was preceded in death by his mother, his father and his brother, Carl; and his uncle, Boyd Brown.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Sarah; a son, Jared; a brother, Gordon Boorse; aunts and uncle, Margaret Brown and Ruth and Tom Boyd, all of Baker City; and cousins, Greg Brown and his wife, Debbie, and Marilyn DeLashmutt and her husband, Steve, all of Baker City, and Russ Brown and his wife, Helen, of Seattle, Wash.; his mother- and father-in-law, Hope and Eldon Buckner of Baker City; and brother- and sister-in-law, Sean and Carla Lee; and many cousins.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Willamette Valley Hospice in Salem.
Used with permission from: The Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, December 15, 2000
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor